Lambis crocata

Lambis crocata
	Five views of a shell of Lambis crocata
	Two views of a shell of the orange spider conch (Lambis crocata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Strombidae
Genus:	Lambis
Species:	L. crocata
Binomial name
	Lambis crocata; (Link, 1807)
Synonyms
	Lambis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822); Pterocera aurantia Lamarck, 1822; Pterocera aurantiacum Sowerby, 1825; Pterocera crocata Link, 1807 (basionym); Strombus aculeatus Perry, G., 1811;

Lambis crocata, commonly known as the orange spider conch, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs.

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